Never let it be said that our Editor-In-Chief, Richard Lentinello, doesn’t get down in the trenches like the rest of his staff.

Bill Clark, the Endicott, New York-based owner of this 1957 Metropolitan coupe and matching 1960 convertible, sent us this image of Richard hard at work. And his hard work paid off in the form of the cover of the FebruaryÂ 2009 issue of Hemmings Classic Car.

As well as this image of a rare 1982.5 BuickÂ Grand National Regal from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Dan McCann for Hemmings Muscle Machines.

And speaking of Buicks, Managing Editor Kate Sullivan showed, once again, that she isn’t above tackling projects that don’t involve making us writers sound like edjuhmucated adults, here risingÂ to a lower altitude to captureÂ 21-year-old Dan Mahar’s 1951 Buick RoadmasterÂ for an upcoming issue of Hemmings Classic Car.

Another non-writer who is always willing to lend a hand is our talented Design Editor, Ed Heys, who was captured here helping ensure Lyn Seaver’s 1969 Jaguar E-Type was spotless for its close up.

Ed’s eye for detail ensured also that Tom Scuccimarra’s fabulous 1958 Edsel Citation, our October 2008Â HCC cover car,Â was at its best.

Our West CoastÂ Associate Editor, Jeff “I-Only-Wear-Shorts”Â Koch, shared a couple of vintage shots that the owner of this 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme SX sent himÂ from an exotic locale obviously not in southwest Vermont.

And perhaps behind an exoticÂ Home Depot?

Jeff also sent over a couple of images from his shoot of Bob and Teri Heckendorf’s pristine Datsun 260Z, a shoot that the Heckendorfs wrote up for the March 2007 issue of “ZBreeze,” their local Group ZÂ Sports Car Club.

Smile!

AndÂ aÂ late entryÂ from our own Matt Litwin showing the unusualÂ lengths thatÂ our BlogMeister, Herr Daniel Strohl, went to while shooting Paul Mennin’s one-owner 1967 Pontiac GTO for the February 2009 Original OwnersÂ issue of Muscle Machines.

Alley-Oop!

I hope you’ve enjoyed this glimpse into how we spend much of our warm(ish) months, when we’re not pounding away the keyboard.Â We’ll keep shooting, and hopefully you will too.